On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 02:38:42PM +0200, David Hrbá? enlightened us:
> I'm preparing a new x86_64 build machine and I'm looking at installed
> rpms. I have found a lot of packages are marked i386 or i686. I have
> even found I have two version of package installed:
> glibc-2.3.4-2.36-i686
> glibc-2.3.4-2.36-x86_64
>
> What's the reason in duplicity and why not all packages are x86_64.
> Thanks in advance,
> David
Some programs are not available in 64-bit packages (e.g. openoffice). Those
packages need 32-bit libraries to run, so you are seeing the necessary
packages for those 32-bit apps.
Matt
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Matt Hyclak
Department of Mathematics
Department of Social Work
Ohio University
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